ED summons DK Shivakumar's daughter for questioning, to be grilled by law enforcement agency today

DK Shivakumar’s daughter Aishwarya who had been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will be questioned by the agency today.

DK Shivakumar with HD Kumaraswamy&nbsp | &nbspPhoto Credit:&nbspIANS

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To understand the details of the trust, the way it functions and its financial transactions, the ED has issued summon to Aishwarya

The agency has summoned Aishwarya to appear before it on September 12

Shivakumar was arrested by the agency late evening on September 3

New Delhi: In what looks like some more trouble for the Congress leader DK Shivakumar, his daughter Aishwarya has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with an alleged money laundering case, in which her father is an accused.

The agency has summoned Aishwarya to appear before it today. As per news reports, the ED is likely to question her on certain transactions.

Talking to news agency IANS, a senior ED official said that they have summoned Aishwarya for questioning after the agency came across some documents connected to a trust handled by Shivkumar’s daughter while going through financial dealings of the arrested Congress leader.

To understand the details of the trust, the way it functions and its financial transactions, the ED has issued a summon to Aishwarya.

Shivakumar was arrested by the agency late evening on September 3, after which he was sent to the ED's custody for ten days by a Delhi court.

Shivakumar’s arrest comes after the agency started its probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in September 2018 on the basis of a report filed by the Income Tax Department against the senior Karnataka Congress leader.

Shivakumar had filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court challenging the summons issued by the ED in December 2018 which later was rejected by the court.

Asserting that he has not done anything wrong and will fully cooperate with the investigating agency, the 57-year-old leader has blamed the BJP for political vendetta.

Yesterday, members of Vokkaliga Sangha protested in Bengaluru against the arrest of Shivakumar by the ED.

After his arrest on September 3, he was interrogated for four days.

"It is all a conspiracy. I have not made any mistake, murder or indulged in corruption. The money you found is my money and I earned it," news agency ANI quoted him as saying.

Speaking on the arrest of the former Karnataka minister and senior party leader, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi lashed out at the Narendra Modi-led central government, accusing it of indulging in vendetta politics and using the investigation agencies to target opposition individuals.

"The arrest of DK Shivakumar is another example of the vendetta politics unleashed by the government, using agencies like the ED/CBI and a pliant media to selectively target individuals," Gandhi tweeted.

Shivakumar has been on Income Tax Department’s radar and of the ED's since demonetisation in 2016 after unaccounted cash worth Rs 8.59 crore was found in his flat on August 2, 2017.

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